School age population, tertiary education, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
215
Highest
60.88 million
India
Lowest
2,089
American Samoa
Median
250,340
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
20,404
What the numbers show
School age population, tertiary education, female (number) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 60.88 million in India; the lowest is 2,089 in American Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 250,340, and the mean is 1.42 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29,144.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Pierre and Miquelon (up 129.6%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 45.4%).
School age population, tertiary education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 60.88 million | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 2 | China (People's Republic of) | 36.45 million | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 12.28 million | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 11.80 million | 2025 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 11.09 million | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 6 | Indonesia | 10.81 million | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 8.66 million | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 7.34 million | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 6.82 million | 2025 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Mexico | 5.55 million | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 5.38 million | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.17 million | 2025 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Egypt | 4.98 million | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 14 | Russia | 3.71 million | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 15 | Vietnam | 3.36 million | 2025 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 16 | Tanzania | 3.24 million | 2025 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 17 | Kenya | 3.03 million | 2025 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 18 | Türkiye | 3.02 million | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 2.93 million | 2025 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 20 | Japan | 2.87 million | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 21 | Uganda | 2.62 million | 2025 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Sudan | 2.51 million | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 23 | Iraq | 2.18 million | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 24 | Thailand | 2.17 million | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 2.17 million | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 2.16 million | 2025 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Myanmar | 2.15 million | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 28 | Germany | 2.05 million | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 1.97 million | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 30 | France | 1.95 million | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 31 | Yemen | 1.92 million | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Angola | 1.80 million | 2025 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Mozambique | 1.73 million | 2025 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 34 | Argentina | 1.70 million | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 35 | Ghana | 1.65 million | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 36 | Madagascar | 1.59 million | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 37 | Algeria | 1.55 million | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 38 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.55 million | 2025 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Morocco | 1.48 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 40 | Nepal | 1.48 million | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 41 | Malaysia | 1.44 million | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 42 | Syria | 1.43 million | 2025 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 43 | Peru | 1.42 million | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 44 | Italy | 1.41 million | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 45 | Cameroon | 1.39 million | 2025 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 46 | Venezuela | 1.29 million | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 1.27 million | 2025 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 48 | Spain | 1.26 million | 2024 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 49 | Niger | 1.24 million | 2025 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Canada | 1.23 million | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 51 | Malawi | 1.18 million | 2025 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 52 | Mali | 1.17 million | 2025 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 53 | Korea | 1.17 million | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 54 | Burkina Faso | 1.15 million | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 1.15 million | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Zambia | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 57 | Ukraine | 972,410 | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 58 | Chad | 965,292 | 2025 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Somalia | 934,579 | 2025 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 60 | Guatemala | 927,008 | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 61 | Senegal | 910,617 | 2025 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 875,825 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 856,057 | 2025 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 64 | Poland | 844,735 | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 65 | North Korea | 827,878 | 2025 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 66 | Australia | 814,848 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 67 | Ecuador | 759,471 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 68 | Rwanda | 755,134 | 2025 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 69 | Cambodia | 748,588 | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 711,502 | 2025 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 71 | Guinea | 694,657 | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 72 | South Sudan | 689,041 | 2025 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 73 | Benin | 671,853 | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 74 | Burundi | 652,542 | 2025 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 75 | Chile | 606,939 | 2025 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 76 | Bolivia | 565,716 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 77 | Netherlands | 558,312 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 78 | Haiti | 554,269 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 79 | Jordan | 547,646 | 2025 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Honduras | 517,910 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 81 | Romania | 485,980 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 82 | Papua New Guinea | 472,477 | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 458,603 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 440,818 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 85 | Togo | 436,476 | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 431,459 | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 87 | Tunisia | 392,980 | 2025 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 88 | Israel | 367,839 | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 89 | Laos | 353,070 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 341,004 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 91 | Belgium | 328,911 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 315,875 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 93 | Libya | 314,418 | 2025 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 94 | Cuba | 295,973 | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 95 | Liberia | 289,552 | 2025 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 96 | Congo | 286,989 | 2025 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 97 | United Arab Emirates | 284,046 | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Sweden | 283,009 | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 99 | Paraguay | 281,452 | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 100 | El Salvador | 279,642 | 2025 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 271,574 | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 102 | Portugal | 269,074 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 103 | Palestine | 263,758 | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 104 | Czechia | 260,548 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 105 | Greece | 255,854 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 106 | Hungary | 250,340 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 107 | Mauritania | 247,858 | 2025 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 236,359 | 2025 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 109 | Lebanon | 235,961 | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 110 | Austria | 230,341 | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 111 | Switzerland | 220,964 | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 112 | Belarus | 219,825 | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 113 | Eritrea | 199,179 | 2025 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 186,933 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 115 | Denmark | 180,934 | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 116 | Panama | 177,143 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 117 | Serbia | 176,702 | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 118 | Singapore | 169,157 | 2025 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 119 | Norway | 160,978 | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 120 | Ireland | 159,422 | 2024 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 121 | New Zealand | 157,420 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 122 | Finland | 148,703 | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 123 | Oman | 139,269 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 136,480 | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 125 | Gambia | 133,456 | 2025 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Hong Kong | 133,300 | 2025 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 127 | Namibia | 128,761 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 128 | Slovak Republic | 126,306 | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 129 | Botswana | 123,331 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 130 | Kuwait | 122,605 | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 131 | Uruguay | 122,127 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 132 | Lesotho | 115,552 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 133 | Jamaica | 111,817 | 2025 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 134 | Mongolia | 110,845 | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 110,787 | 2025 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 136 | Gabon | 109,945 | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 137 | Georgia | 103,376 | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 138 | Puerto Rico | 97,166 | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 139 | Croatia | 93,024 | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 140 | Armenia | 89,537 | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 80,692 | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 142 | East Timor | 77,172 | 2025 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 143 | Equatorial Guinea | 75,832 | 2025 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Albania | 69,860 | 2025 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 145 | Moldova | 67,909 | 2020 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 146 | Lithuania | 64,637 | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 147 | Eswatini | 61,374 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 58,415 | 2025 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Qatar | 52,321 | 2025 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 150 | North Macedonia | 50,957 | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 151 | Slovenia | 47,940 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46,004 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 153 | Mauritius | 45,848 | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 154 | Latvia | 43,429 | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 155 | Bahrain | 40,833 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 156 | Comoros | 39,990 | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 157 | Fiji | 38,376 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 38,223 | 2025 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 159 | Bhutan | 34,794 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 160 | Guyana | 34,205 | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 161 | Estonia | 33,564 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 162 | Reunion | 30,302 | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 163 | Suriname | 26,914 | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 164 | Cyprus | 23,843 | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 21,709 | 2025 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 166 | Macao | 20,900 | 2025 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 167 | Western Sahara | 19,901 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 168 | Montenegro | 19,200 | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 169 | Belize | 19,122 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 17,977 | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 171 | Brunei | 16,820 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 172 | Bahamas | 14,297 | 2025 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 173 | French Guiana | 13,700 | 2025 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 174 | Vanuatu | 13,509 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 175 | Maldives | 13,190 | 2025 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 176 | Iceland | 12,913 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12,745 | 2025 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 178 | Malta | 12,035 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 179 | Guadeloupe | 11,158 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 180 | New Caledonia | 10,736 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 181 | French Polynesia | 10,287 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 182 | Martinique | 9,149 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 183 | Samoa | 9,146 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 184 | Barbados | 8,956 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 185 | Saint Lucia | 6,139 | 2025 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 186 | Micronesia (country) | 5,639 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 187 | Curacao | 5,497 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 188 | Kiribati | 5,354 | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 189 | Tonga | 5,178 | 2025 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 190 | Grenada | 4,113 | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 191 | Seychelles | 3,875 | 2025 | up 30.3% | flat |
| 192 | Aruba | 3,464 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,395 | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,106 | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 195 | United States Virgin Islands | 2,428 | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 196 | South Africa | 2.52 million | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 196 | Dominica | 2,170 | 2025 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 197 | Andorra | 2,145 | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 198 | Cayman Islands | 1,940 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 199 | Marshall Islands | 1,864 | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 200 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,613 | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 201 | Bermuda | 1,558 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 202 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,396 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 203 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,291 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 204 | Gibraltar | 1,249 | 2025 | up 33.2% | flat |
| 205 | British Virgin Islands | 1,245 | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 206 | Liechtenstein | 1,044 | 2025 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 207 | San Marino | 835 | 2025 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 208 | Monaco | 819 | 2025 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 210 | Palau | 541 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 211 | Nauru | 469 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 364 | 2025 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 214 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 186 | 2025 | up 129.6% | falling |
| 219 | Central African Republic | 297,211 | 2025 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 224 | American Samoa | 2,089 | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 298.79 million
- UIS: World 298.79 million
- MDG: World 298.79 million
- WB: World 298.79 million
- UNICEF: World 298.53 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 269.44 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 265.93 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 263.80 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 263.64 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 227.85 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 174.34 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 168.39 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release